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Germany's Merck KGaA is looking at making further acquisitions to boost its business, with a focus on life sciences and rare diseases.

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Thousands of people in the UK have joined a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, claiming that it knowingly sold talc products that caused cancer.

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A private equity investment consortium has raised a takeover offer for Denmark's Bavarian Nordic, but some shareholders are still reluctant to sell.

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Novo Nordisk has boosted its pipeline by paying $340m upfront for rights to an Omeros drug for PNH and other rare blood and kidney disorders.

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A UK initiative to train a new generation of workers in medicines manufacturing has been taken up by around 1,200 people since it started last year.

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Eli Lilly has built the case for its oral GLP-1 orforglipron with two more phase 3 readouts, including a head-to-head win over Farxiga in diabetes.